Number reflector



ManQO, 1923 J.-P. THEIS.

NUMBER REFLECTOR.'

FILED APR. 18,1922- U M WT M MB .5 J. VJ

Patented Mar. 20, 1923.

UNHTED STATES PAE JOHN P. THEIS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AS SIGNQR OF FORTY-NINE ONE-HUNDREDTI-IS TO NICHOLAS J". USELDING, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

NUMBER REFLECTOR.

Application filed April 18, 1922.

citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago, county of Cook, and

State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements m Number Reflectors, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful number reflectors, and has for its object the provision of a device containing door numbers and a light reflecting means to set off said numbers.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter de scribed and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings'i forming a part of this specification, and in which,

Fig. 1, is a front elevation of my improved device,

Fig. 2, is a horizontal sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 3, is a vertical sectional view taken on line 33 of Fig. 1.

The device comprises a rectangular frame 6, preferably made of sheet metal, and colored black or a similar dark color; an upper and a lower grooved track member 7 and 8 are mounted respectively, on the inwardly curved portions 9 and 10 of the frame. Suitable numbers 11 provided with an offset flange 12 for engaging the succeeding number are removably mounted by thrusting them upwards in the deep front groove of the upper track 7 as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, and then lowering them in position in the front groove of track member 8. The numbers may also be inserted equally well from the rear of the frame. The numbers are painted black or a similar dark color and are preferably provided in the form of rectangular plates with 7 numbers cut out therein, but may be provided in the form of numbers removably mounted in the upper and lower grooves. A white transparent glass plate 13 is mounted in the rear grooves of members 7 and 8 and may be inserted from the front or rear, like the numbers 11, or may be inserted through an opening 14 provided in the side of said frame, as shown in dotted lines in Figure 2. A closing, or backing plate 15, is slidably Serial No. 554,889.

mounted in an upper and lower flange 16 and17 and an end flange 18, provided on said frame, and is provided with a flange 19 for covering the side opening 1 1, said flange having a loop 20 forn'ied thereon for convenient engagement and withdrawal by the finger. The closing or backing plate 15 is colored black or dark, like the numbers 11, to effectively reflect light coming from the front of the frame and passing through the translucent plate 13, thus clearly setting out the dark numbers in front of the white translucent plate, and the spaces 22 and 23 provided between the numbers and the translucent plate and between said plate and the backing plate, respectively, further aid in distinctly setting off the numbers. Suitable brackets 21 are provided for mounting the frame. The deviceis especially adapted to be mounted to the rear of a light, as behind a light located at the outside of a door or gate, etc, and by removing the slidable plate 15 the device may also be mounted infront of the light and used as a door numbering device or mounted in a window, or the like, with the light shining through the transparent plate, thus setting off the numbers clearly and distinctly.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modification without departing from the spirit of the invention. I therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come-within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A device of the class described, comprising a frame with an opening; character means and a translucent plate mounted therein, said plate being lighter colored than said character means; retaining means in said frame being sufiiciently spaced apart and of sufficient depth for inserting and mounting said character means and plate from either the front or rear and a side opening for mounting said plate through the side of said frame.

2. A device of the class described, comprising a frame provided with upper and lower grooved means and a side opening;

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character means removably mounted in the forward grooves of said frame by inserting them from either the front or rear; and a plate lighter than said character means re movably mounted in said grooves rearward of said character means and being insertable from the front, rear or side of said frame.

3. A device of the class describe-d com prising a frame; grooved means providedon opposite parts of said frame; character means and a translucent member removably mounted in the grooves in said means, said character means being of less height than the respective distances between the inner parts of said opposite grooves for inserting said means from either the front or the rear of said frame; a reflective plate slidably mounted in the rear of said frame; and spaces provided between said character means and translucent member and between said translucent member and reflective plate. 4; A device of the class described; com-- prisin a frame provided with upper and lower n'iembers having a plurality of grooves therein; character means removabl'y mounted in the forward grooves; and a translucent plate lighter colored than said character means removably mounted in the rearward grooves the upper grooves being of sufficient depth for mounting said members and plate in said grooves from either the front or the rear of said frame by an upward thrust to clear said lower member.

5. A device of the class described; comprising a frame with an opening; retaining means mounted in said opening; character means and a translucent plate mounted in said retaining; means said plate being lighter colored than said character means; a side opening for mounting said plate through the side of said frame; a reflective plate slidably'mounted at the rear of said frame; and means on said reflective plate for overlapping and closing said opening.

6. A device of the class described; com prising a frame provided with upper and lower grooved means and. a side opening; character means removably mounted in the forward grooves of said means; a translucent plate lighter than said character means mounted in the rearward grooves of said means, said character means and plate being mountable in said grooves from either the front or the rear of said frame and said plate being mountable through the side opening of said frame; a reflective plate mounted in the rear of said frame; and a flange on said reflective plate which overlaps and covers said side opening.

In testimony wiereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. JOHN PflHF S. lVitnesses FREDA C. ArrLnroN MARGARET Anne. 

